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Ella Vardeman presenting the poster based on her work at the Plant Biology Graduate Student Symposium, 22 August 2017.

October 2017: Plant Biology Undergrad Ella Vardeman Receives Laerm Award

Ella Vardeman, a junior majoring in Plant Biology, is the recipient of the 2017 Joshua Laerm Academic Support Award for Undergraduate Research.  The Georgia Museum of Natural History administers this student award for field or collections-oriented research in natural history.  The $1,…


October 2017: PBIO Undergrad Alumnus Update - Christopher Benson

Alumnus Christopher Benson (BS, 2017) is now working as a Research Technician in the Genomic Medicine Institute within the Lerner Research Institute on the Main Campus of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio.  The Genomic Medicine Institue (GMI) core is composed of several…


September 2017: Undergrad PBIO Minor Kirsten Allen Participates in Summer Undergrad Research Program

This past summer, Kirsten Allen, an undergraduate PBIO minor, participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program at the University of Kentucky's College of Pharmacy under her PI, Dr. Steven Van Lanen.


August 2017: Congrats to 2017 Student Symposium Winners!

Congratulations to all of the award winners for oral presentations and posters at our 2017 Student Symposium. And thank you to all those who participated!

Awards for Oral Presentations by Graduate Students


August 2017: Congrats to Rishi Masalia, our 2017 Wilbur Duncan Award winner!

Rishi (from the Burke lab) received the Wilbur Duncan Award for 2017. This award recognizes a PBIO graduate student's excellence in two of three areas: research, teaching and service to the department.